Omega 3 & 6 continue to be a major focus in Dry Eye Disease research and this abstract shows a reduction in inflammatory marker HLA-DR in patients using impression cytology. The Effect of Oral Supplementation of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids on a Conjunctival Inflammatory Marker in Dry Eye Patients. This 3-month, … [Read more...]
The Effect of Oral Supplementation of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids on a Conjunctival Inflammatory Marker in Dry Eye Patients
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dry Eye Syndrome Associated With Several Risk Factors in US Veterans
September 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Clinicians need to be aware that US veterans may suffer from Dry Eye along with post-traumatic stress disorder. Common medications such as antidepressants and antianxiety drugs may cause &/or exacerbate these patients' condition. See the summary from the online ahead of print AJO article soon to be out... Dry Eye … [Read more...]
Would You Like To Know If Your Patient Really Has Dry Eye Disease?
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As clinicians, we all see multiple patients a day with symptoms or a history of being told they have DED. I assert that DED is a “default diagnosis” for most ocular irritations that we make because of the lack of a reliable diagnostic test providing a definitive, objective result. Estimates are that 1 out of 3 patient … [Read more...]
Omega 3′s and Omega 6′s. What’s the right Balance?
July 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
From the ASCRS meeting last week in Chicago, Eyeworld reports on the benefits of omegas in dry eye therapy. Physicians say more clinical research is needed on the topic. http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=3385 So what is the right balance of Omega 3's and Omega 6's when recommending supplements to dry eye patients? … [Read more...]
Medscape’s Ophthalmology Best Evidence features “Tear Osmolarity in the Diagnosis and Management of Dry Eye Disease” (AJO) as the top rated article
July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Medscape's Ophthalmology Best Evidence highlights clinically-relevant journal articles that impact the practice of Ophthalmology. Featured citations are selected via a rigorous journal review process by physicians. View the full article from the American Journal of Ophthalmology. You can view this article and others on the … [Read more...]
Dry Eye Syndrome To Become Most Common Eye Disease in Baby Boomers
June 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dry eye expert Dr. David Kisling reports that Dry Eye Syndrome will be the most prevalent eye disorder the Baby Boomer generation faces in the future. Shifting demographics in an aging population will result in a tidal wave of dry eye problems by 2030. Read on to discover why this epidemic growth of dry eye disease is threatening … [Read more...]
Different grades of diabetic retinopathy correlate with tear and ocular surface function in diabetic patients without subjective symptoms of dry eye.
May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This is an interesting article in that it documents that diabetic patients have morphological surface cell changes as measured by impression cytology. Patients were qualified as not having dry eye on the basis of a McMonnies symptom questionnaire. Given that over 50% of diabetic patients have reduced corneal sensation, it is likely … [Read more...]
Effect of tear hyperosmolarity and signs of clinical ocular surface pathology upon conjunctival goblet cell function in the human ocular surface.
May 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tear Osmolarity continues to be investigated internationally with the TearLab device. This abstract from IOVS.ORG discusses tear osmolarity and it s relationship to ocular surface disease and goblet cell function. IOVS.ORG Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual … [Read more...]
sPLA2-IIa Amplifies Ocular Surface Inflammation in the Experimental Dry Eye
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
More and more research is focusing on the biomarkers found in tears as this interesting abstract discusses sPLA@-IIa which is a biomarker for inflammatory diseases in humans and is found in high levels in tears. IOVS is publishing what we have seen to be the first report of its involvement in ocular surface inflammation and also … [Read more...]
Screening for Dry Eye With Newly Developed Ocular Surface Thermographer
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From American Journal of Ophthalmology an interesting abstract discusses an Ocular Surface Thermographer being used for Dry Eye Disease Screener showing a decrease in ocular surface temperature in dry eye patients compared to … [Read more...]
